· Rep. Jerry Knowles, R-124, Rush Township, no walk-in service at Tamaqua district office. Staff available by phone and online. Paperwork can be dropped in mail slot in lobby. Call 570-668-1240 Monday through Friday. Knowles’ district office in Hamburg Borough Hall shared with state Sen. David G. Argall, R-29, Rush Township, closed to walk-in service.

· State Sen. David G. Argall, R-29, Rush Township, district offices in Pottsville, Hamburg and Harrisburg, closed until further notice. Mahanoy City office remains open. Call 1-877-327-4255 or go to www.senatorargall.com.

· Ashland Borough Hall, closed until further notice. Staff available by phone. Utility payments can be paid by email or in mailbox in front of borough hall.

Payments can be mailed, deposited in drop box outside borough building or at the FAMA Office door mail slot, or with a credit or debit card at fama874.com (look for the Municipal Pay link). Call office to pay over phone.

· Mahanoy City Borough office, closed until April 1. All essential workers in place to take calls. Community Day meeting this week and Home Rule meeting March 24, canceled.

· Pottsville City Hall, closed to public. Employees available via phone or email 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Call 570-622-1234 or go to www.city.pottsville.pa.us. Payments may be mailed or placed in drop box outside city hall.

· Schuylkill County Prison, no visitors except legal defense and official business.

· Girardville’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade scheduled for March 28 has been postponed. A new date has not been announced.

· Minersville Area High School Drama Club’s presentation of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, April 23, through Saturday, April 25, in the high school auditorium.

· St. Patrick Soup Kitchen is still serving meals but on a takeout basis; however, if someone needs to stay and eat, they will not be turned away.

Schuylkill YMCA will be closed from Monday, March 16, until Sunday, March 22. The YMCA will be monitoring the situation, and, if the situation changes, will release updates on their website and social media

• D.G. Yuengling and Son Brewery on Mahantongo Street is closing its gift shop and tasting room and suspending brewery tours until further notice, effective Tuesday.

• The Orwigsburg Borough Office at 209 N. Warren St. is closed to non-essential persons until further notice. Staff is available by phone Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. by calling 570-366-3103. In addition, borough parks, fields and recreation centers are closed to external functions; rentals will still continue on a case-by-case basis, with no more than 10 people.

• The Schuylkill Haven Borough Hall at 333 Center Ave. is closed to the general public until further notice. Utility payments may be paid via the drive-thru in the back of Borough Hall from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., the night deposit box, phone, online and by mail. Residents can also make phone payments during and after business hours via the toll free number, 1-833-201-5693. The merchant fee for all phone payments is $3. All other borough related business, including building permits and signing up for a new utility account will require a scheduled appointment, which can be done by calling 570-385-2841 during normal business hours.

• The Minersville Borough Office at 2 E. Sunbury St. is closed until further notice. The office will be open to accept calls at 570-544-2149 during normal business hours, Monday through Thursday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Applications for compost cards, occupant permits, rental registration are available on the borough website, minersvilleonline.com. Alternative options for paying utility bills are available online at https://wipp.edmundsassoc.com/Wipp/?wippid=MNRV, mailing check and money orders to the office at 2 E. Sunbury St., Minersville, PA 17954, and dropping them into the drop box on the Sunbury Street side of the building.

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